Over the past days, many of our customers have seen reports about a critical remote code execution vulnerability in React Server Components (CVE-2025-55182) and the related Next.js vulnerability (CVE-2025-66478). These issues have received a lot of attention and have...
Beyond Availability – Forensic Backup Scanning with Veeam and THOR
As someone who has spent many years researching attacks and supporting incident response teams, I’ve seen one question come up again and again: How do we return to a verified clean state after an intrusion? In every ransomware case, in every targeted espionage...
Advancing Detection Together: Nextron and Arctic Wolf Join Forces on Sigma
We’re pleased to announce a new technology partnership between Nextron and Arctic Wolf, a global leader in security operations, and one of the world’s largest commercial Security Operations Centers (SOCs). As part of the partnership, Arctic Wolf will incorporate...
New Capabilities in THOR Lite: Archive Scanning and YARA Forge Integration
Many of our customers value the broad module support and high detection coverage found in our professional-grade products. However, we are also committed to continuously improving our free tools, ensuring that the gap in detection capabilities does not grow too wide....
Announcing Our Partnership with Threatray: Enhancing Detection Capabilities Together
We are excited to announce a strategic partnership between Nextron Systems and Threatray AG. This collaboration aims to significantly enhance our existing threat detection capabilities and further improve the precision and sensitivity of our detection signatures....
The Blind Spot Scanner – Why THOR Detects What Others Miss
Antivirus engines and EDRs have their place – no doubt. But what happens when malware simply slips through their nets? What if the malicious file was never executed? What if the incident happened months ago? That’s where THOR comes in. Our compromise assessment...
YARA Forge Rule Sets Now Available in THOR Cloud and THOR Cloud Lite
We are pleased to announce a significant enhancement for users of THOR Cloud and THOR Cloud Lite: YARA Forge rule sets are now available for integration. YARA Forge is a curated, quality-assured feed of YARA rules developed as a private project. It automates the...
Active Exploitation of SAP NetWeaver Systems — Our Recommendation for Local Scans
In recent days, major security companies such as ReliaQuest and Onapsis have disclosed the active exploitation of CVE-2025-31324, a critical vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver’s Visual Composer component. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to upload...
End of Life Announcement for THOR Version 10.6
Nextron Systems officially announces the End of Life (EOL) and End of Support (EOS) for THOR version 10.6, our former stable forensic scanner version. Effective December 31, 2025, THOR 10.6 will no longer receive updates, maintenance, or technical support. Background...
Forwarding Profiles in THOR Cloud Enterprise: Direct Log Delivery from Endpoints
We’re introducing Forwarding Profiles in THOR Cloud Enterprise — a feature designed to streamline how scan results are delivered to external systems such as SIEMs, log collectors, or analysis platforms. Rather than downloading logs manually or relying on intermediate...
Cyber Security 2025: Practical Trends Beyond the Hype
In my 2024 article, Cyber Security 2024: Key Trends Beyond the Hype, I aimed to stay rational and avoid hype—especially around AI—and pointed out that most real-world attacks still involved unpatched systems, weak credentials, and social engineering. Over the past...
Uncover Hidden Threats with THOR Cloud – Now at 50% Off!
Are you looking for an efficient, cloud-managed solution to streamline your threat detection and compromise assessments? This Black Friday, we’re offering 50% off all THOR Cloud scan packages. Why THOR Cloud? No Setup Hassle: Start scanning within minutes—no agents or...
THOR Evolution: THOR 10.7 Stable Release and the Approach of 11 TechPreview
We are excited to announce that THOR 10.7 will become the new default scanner version for ASGARD users starting Thursday, November 28th, 2024. This update introduces significant performance enhancements, including faster scan times, improved archive handling, and...
Antivirus Event Analysis Cheat Sheet v1.14.0
We've updated our Antivirus Event Analysis Cheat Sheet to version 1.14.0. It includes updates in several sections Many new malware and hack tool signature names More interesting folders to monitor more closely The Virustotal assessments line has been reduced You can...
Introducing @NextronResearch: A New Channel for Threat Intelligence
As part of our commitment to sharing valuable threat intelligence and detection insights, we're excited to announce the launch of a dedicated Twitter account for Nextron Research: @nextronresearch. This account will be our team's platform for sharing detailed...











